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Traeger Tours is pleased to be mentioned in the March 12, 2018 article “10 Best Reasons to Go to San Jose”. Last fall I escorted Laura Manske, the author, around Silicon Valley. We visited the campuses of Apple, Facebook, and Google and much more. I offered her my insights on how Silicon Valley has evolved...

The October, 2017 Hemispheres Magazine showcases “3 Perfect Days in San Francisco”. Thank you, Justin Goldman, for letting me show you some of the best of San Francisco’s Chinatown and to accompany you to the new Chinese restaurant, China Live. Check out the article here: http://www.unitedmags.com/three-perfect-days-san-francisco-

Traeger Tours is happy to be mentioned in Renee Sklarew’s recent article about Silicon Valley in the Washington Post. We escorted Renee and her husband around our area in January 2017. The article gives a glimpse of some of our best destinations and how easy it is to fill the day with interesting and educational...

This past weekend I visited Napa Valley. I had signed up for a Stanford Continuing Education Course, “The Geology of Napa Valley”. Here was my opportunity to learn about the underlying terroir in Napa, and visit some of the most exclusive and celebrated wineries of the area. Our itinerary included Oakville Ranch, Rudd, Groth, Swanson,...

I recently became licensed by the California Public Utilities Commission. This will allow me to drive my visitors around the Bay area in my car. (My SUV can comfortably seat 5 persons.) In San Francisco, a car means driving down Lombard Street or up steep hills, ogling the beautiful mansions of Seacliff, or venturing off...

“The traveller in San Francisco, asking the question Englishmen invariably ask, What’s to be seen? would be thus answered. The Big Trees, Eusamity Valley, Napa and the Quicksilver Mines.” — Charles Dickens, All the Year Round, 424-28 Almaden Quicksilver Park is a county park, 16 miles south of San Jose in the Capitancillos Range...

The Hearst Memorial Mining building (HMM) on the UC Berkeley campus is a memorial to George Hearst, former California miner, Senator, and husband of Phoebe Apperson Hearst In 1899 Berkeley was still a young university when Phoebe Apperson Hearst, George’s widow and a new regent, sponsored a global competition for an architectural master plan for...

Last week I was fortunate enough to visit Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park. This was not my first time at Facebook. I’ve circled the Facebook campus many times, and I’ve taken my share of pictures at their “Like” sign. This time I was permitted to go inside. I was working for a group from Canada...

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About Sharon Traeger

I have been a Bay area resident since 1977 and have worked here, played here, raised a family here, and volunteered here.

My love of travel and of this area led me to attend International Tour and Management Institute in 2010 to become a Certified Tour Director. Since then I have led tours in and around the Bay area, the state of California, the Pacific Northwest, and the East Coast (Washington DC and NYC). I have a BA in English from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and an MA from the University of Chicago.

I am member of the San Francisco Tour Guide Guild (SFTGG) and have also served as a Board Member for the Guild from 2012-2013. In 2015 I became a Certified Tour Guide per the requirements of the Guild.